From: Ajay Shah <ajayshah@mayin.org>
To: Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com>
Cc: TUHS <tuhs@tuhs.org>
Subject: [TUHS] Re: Interview question
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2023 11:02:06 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA++P4r35t0wb9nEdkdbme-VszoP4mZOFcMrLsSsovuTTdra=4Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DCF5069E-988D-4A3C-B517-1C9FA7B0C8B8@cfcl.com>
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On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 at 10:46, Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com> wrote:
> Sadly, I can't remember whose USENIX talk it was, but I recall a software
> maturity scale that went something like this:
> 1 - it works in your office
> 2 - it works in an office down the hall
> 3 - it works for someone you've never met
> 4 - you don't have to explain why you use it
> 5 - you have to explain why you don't use it
>
Perhaps we can introduce a #6 here:
A successful software tool is one that was used to do something undreamed
of by it's author.
-- S. C. Johnson
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Ajay Shah
ajayshah@mayin.org
http://www.mayin.org/ajayshah
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-01-02 20:36 [TUHS] " Larry McVoy
2023-01-02 20:38 ` [TUHS] " arnold
2023-01-02 20:51 ` Larry McVoy
2023-01-03 4:44 ` Ori Idan
2023-01-03 5:15 ` Rich Morin
2023-01-03 5:32 ` Ajay Shah [this message]
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